Chocolate Lover

Last night at the grocery store, Sam was riding in the toy car attached to the front of the grocery cart. During the time it took Brad to move the groceries from the cart to the check-out belt, Sam reached into the candy display and helped himself to a Hershey’s chocolate bar. He managed to open the wrapper and ...start eating the chocolate before anyone noticed! That’s my boy – loving chocolate!

On another note, we are working on his fear of medical professionals after the scary hospital stay. We bought Sam a play doctor's kit and have been practicing listening to the teddy bear's heart, taking teddy's temperature, etc. It seems to have helped a lot - we had an appointment with the pediatric pulmonologist yesterday and the pediatrician today and he was totally fine with the stethoscope, thermometer, looking in his ears, etc. He's so funny though, he totally hated when they took a tape measure around his head to measure the size of his head (he also hates wearing hats, so maybe it's more related to not liking things on his head than a fear of doctors?!).

Finally, animal sounds are the theme for the week. Here's a video of him roaring like a lion!